Dallas Central Appraisal District
Local Appraisal District
More property owners choose O’Connor than any other tax consultant in Texas because:
- O’Connor’s aggressive approach to property tax protests uses every avenue available including informal hearings, Appraisal Review Board (ARB) hearings, binding arbitration, SOAH (State Office of Administrative Hearing), and coordinating judicial appeals.
- Relationships with appraisal district staff help us to understand what is necessary to reduce your property taxes.
- O’Connor has more experience in Texas property tax protests and utilizes relevant data tailored to the appraisal district’s understanding of adjusting sales.
- O’Connor has the experience and expertise necessary to assemble uneven appraisal data and sales to satisfy the guidelines set by the Dallas County Appraisal Review Board (ARB) and Dallas Central Appraisal District (CAD).
Dallas Central Appraisal District’s (CAD) formal and informal hearing results are displayed below :
- In 2023, accounts in Dallas CAD saved a total of $1,109 million in property taxes, which is more than the $1,077 million that were reduced in 2022. The taxable value of 162,060 accounts in Dallas County was the subject of protests from property owners in 2023.
- In Dallas County there is an 82% success rate for informal tax protests and a 54% success rate for ARB property tax protests.
- Homeowners in Dallas CAD were able to save $49 million by protesting the property tax to the ARB and $44 million by protesting informally.
- In 2019, the proportion of informal hearings that resulted in a reduction for commercial and other protests was about 40%; however, in 2023, it jumped to 67%.
- The overall number of protests in Dallas County rose slightly from 160,000 in 2022 to 162,000 in 2023.
Save With O’Connor
1,148
Average HCAD Tax Savings

Average Property Tax Savings from Protesting (Informal + Formal)
Residential Property
2,057
Commercial Property
7,428
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
Disclaimer: O’Connor is a property tax consultant and is not affiliated with any appraisal district. Data for graphs provided by Texas comptroller.
Single Family
Commercial / Other
Total
2023 County Appraisal District Statistics
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County:
Dallas -
Street Address:
2949 N. Stemmons Freeway Dallas, TX 75247-6195 -
Mailing Address:
2949 N. Stemmons Freeway Dallas, TX 75247-6195 -
Phone:
214-631-0520
Major Cities:
Addison, Balch Springs, Cedar Hill, Carrollton, Cockrell Hill, Combine, Coppell, Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville, Farmers Branch, Ferris, Garland, Glenn Heights, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Highland Park, Hutchins, Irving, Lancaster, Lewisville, Mesquite, Ovilla, Richardson, Rowlett, Seagoville, Sunnyvale, University Park, Wilmer
Dallas County Texas totals 909 square miles, with a 2020 population of about 2,613,539. Adjacent counties include Denton, Collin, Rockwall, kaufman, Ellis, Johnson, and Tarrant. The total market value of real property and personal property in Dallas County in 2020 was 375,000,000,000. Dallas County 2020 property taxes are estimated to total $7 million, based on an effective tax rate of 2.4% including homestead exemptions. Dallas County property owners protested the noticed value for 114,620 houses and 63,740 commercial and BPP properties. Dallas County Appraisal review Board appeals were successful for 58% of the owners. Property owner property tax protests in Dallas County result in savings of $5700.31 million in 2020, or $31,957 per account protested. The 2020 budget for the Dallas was $29,370,000 including 7 employees.
Dallas Property Tax Values
